Improving SEO for a public Canvas Course

[ashkenworthy]

I am putting together an open-access public course and am wondering if there are any ways to improve the SEO of the course's individual pages.

I've look around at the course settings and for anything that can be inserted into the page's HTML, but haven't really found anything. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[DrNufer]

I don't know that there are many strategies that would promote one public Canvas course over another.  You would want to be specific with your course title and code.  The only thing I could think of that might improve your optimization would be perhaps to write up a comprehensive course description.  You can do that in your course Settings  >>  Course Details (tab)  >>  Description (at the bottom of the page).  Again, I don't know if that would really impact your SEO, but it might help.  Last thing you could try is to make the license public domain (again, on the Course Details tab) just to make sure it doesn't get held back with any copyright or licensing filters.

[MargoDavis]

I can definitely relate to trying to improve the SEO for a course! I recently went through the same process for a course I created. One thing that really helped me was working with an SEO consultant. They were able to give me specific recommendations for improving the visibility of the course pages. Some of the things they suggested included optimizing the page titles and descriptions, adding alt tags to images, and incorporating keywords throughout the content. If you're still struggling with SEO, I highly recommend reaching out to a consultant for guidance.

[ClarkDow]

Hey! Improving the SEO of your course pages is a smart move for boosting visibility. When I was in a similar situation, I found that optimizing page titles, meta descriptions, and using relevant keywords within the content made a big difference.

Also, I stumbled upon some great tips on https://www.searchseo.io/bing that helped me fine-tune my SEO strategies. It's all about providing valuable content and making it easy for search engines to understand what your pages are about.

Don't forget about the power of internal linking too! Linking related pages within your course can help search engines crawl and index your content more effectively.

[kanewilliamson]

Focus on optimizing the course's individual pages by ensuring each page has clear, relevant titles, headings (using H1, H2 tags), and descriptive URLs. While Canvas doesn’t offer direct HTML editing for SEO, you can add metadata like title tags and descriptions in the course settings or in individual page content. Additionally, utilize Canvas's "Rich Content Editor" to add keywords naturally within page text, include descriptive alt text for images, and create internal links to enhance navigation. Promote your course through external links and social media to increase its visibility and traffic, which will positively impact its search ranking. I did the same practice with my travel website and it got rank.